[mustache_kimono]

> So you really can be a software artisan, though the world needs the mass production kind of software too.

I think this is true only if "artisan" means whatever you want it to mean. Here, you seem to think it means "made by one person." But, here, my definition, and the definition of the article, is "making software using the old methods."

   artisanal: (of a product, especially food or drink) made in a traditional or non-mechanized way.

[FredPret]

Ah, I guess you’re right.

To me, “artisanal” means one / very few experts carefully crafted a custom product to their own exacting standards, driven by their internal need for perfection rather than guided by a spec sheet / quality level specified externally.

There are definitely hackers who do this.